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No deal Brexit is 'default' position if May loses vote - Leadsom

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will leave the European Union without a deal in March if lawmakers vote against Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal, Andrea Leadsom, leader of the lower house of parliament told BBC radio on Wednesday.

Lawmakers have attempted to have an increased say over the Brexit process if May’s deal is rejected by parliament, but Leadsom said that the default position if May loses the vote is for a no deal, a potentially disorderly scenario.

“Unless government were to do something completely different to change tack, or indeed to pass this deal, then we will be leaving the EU on 29 March next year without a deal, so it defaults to no deal,” Leadsom said.

Asked if lawmakers have the power to stop a no-deal, Leadsom replied: “I can’t see that they do. I think that the issue is that the default position is no deal.”

I'm no expert but that was advice stated before yesterday's Grieve amendment was passed, so the situation has changed somewhat.

Strictly speaking Loathsome is correct, I think the Government could still default to No Deal Brexit via some sort of executive Jager Bomb but yesterday's events make it much harder in practice - unless somebody knows better than me?!

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will leave the European Union without a deal in March if lawmakers vote against Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal, Andrea Leadsom, leader of the lower house of parliament told BBC radio on Wednesday.

Lawmakers have attempted to have an increased say over the Brexit process if May’s deal is rejected by parliament, but Leadsom said that the default position if May loses the vote is for a no deal, a potentially disorderly scenario.

“Unless government were to do something completely different to change tack, or indeed to pass this deal, then we will be leaving the EU on 29 March next year without a deal, so it defaults to no deal,” Leadsom said.

Asked if lawmakers have the power to stop a no-deal, Leadsom replied: “I can’t see that they do. I think that the issue is that the default position is no deal.”

So much so that I fail to see why a) she felt the need to say it and b) Reuters feel the need to report that she said it.

We don't live in an elected dictatorship for five years, nor is the PM position sovereign, that is the position of Parliament and if Parliament believes that the PM is wrong, it is perfectly entitled to tell her, and to make her put it right.

Wait for 11:30 and the legal advice. I can tell you it states that Parliament can force the government to withdraw A50 without any new legislation.

Add to that the upcoming CJEU ruling and the Grieve amendment and you get to no deal is the least possible outcome.

So that is why they were hiding it.

Nothing to hide. It's a simple matter of the law. The EU Withdrawal Notification Act gave the power to notify A50 to the EU to the PM. It follows that the PM can revoke it as there is no obligation to notify in the first place.

As for the EUWA 2018 - a minister of the crown may change "exit day" to a date that matched the day on which the EU treaties cease to apply to the UK. Therefore exit day could simply be defined as "the date on which the the provisions of the TFEU cease to apply to the United Kingdom". This renders the EUWA 2018 inactive if the treaties continue to apply without the need to repeal it.

Would May have been so smart to have war gamed this out months ago to thwart Brexiteers - ERG & DUP have cancelled Brexit by voting yesterday for the legal advice to be made public? So its May's deal or no Brexit - hope so !

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will leave the European Union without a deal in March if lawmakers vote against Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal, Andrea Leadsom, leader of the lower house of parliament told BBC radio on Wednesday.

Lawmakers have attempted to have an increased say over the Brexit process if May’s deal is rejected by parliament, but Leadsom said that the default position if May loses the vote is for a no deal, a potentially disorderly scenario.

“Unless government were to do something completely different to change tack, or indeed to pass this deal, then we will be leaving the EU on 29 March next year without a deal, so it defaults to no deal,” Leadsom said.

Asked if lawmakers have the power to stop a no-deal, Leadsom replied: “I can’t see that they do. I think that the issue is that the default position is no deal.”

"After suffering the worst defeats in one day for a government in four decades, Andrea Leadsom tells LBC: "I don't think they were embarrassing at all".

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will leave the European Union without a deal in March if lawmakers vote against Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal, Andrea Leadsom, leader of the lower house of parliament told BBC radio on Wednesday.

Lawmakers have attempted to have an increased say over the Brexit process if May’s deal is rejected by parliament, but Leadsom said that the default position if May loses the vote is for a no deal, a potentially disorderly scenario.

“Unless government were to do something completely different to change tack, or indeed to pass this deal, then we will be leaving the EU on 29 March next year without a deal, so it defaults to no deal,” Leadsom said.

Asked if lawmakers have the power to stop a no-deal, Leadsom replied: “I can’t see that they do. I think that the issue is that the default position is no deal.”

"After suffering the worst defeats in one day for a government in four decades, Andrea Leadsom tells LBC: "I don't think they were embarrassing at all".

As deluded as she was yesterday after the contempt vote where she tried, for about 30 seconds, to delay publishing the advice without referring the matter to the privilege committee. She quickly backtracked after her colleagues next to her pointed out that they. had just lost the amendment to involve the committee prior to publishing.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will leave the European Union without a deal in March if lawmakers vote against Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal, Andrea Leadsom, leader of the lower house of parliament told BBC radio on Wednesday.

Lawmakers have attempted to have an increased say over the Brexit process if May’s deal is rejected by parliament, but Leadsom said that the default position if May loses the vote is for a no deal, a potentially disorderly scenario.

“Unless government were to do something completely different to change tack, or indeed to pass this deal, then we will be leaving the EU on 29 March next year without a deal, so it defaults to no deal,” Leadsom said.

Asked if lawmakers have the power to stop a no-deal, Leadsom replied: “I can’t see that they do. I think that the issue is that the default position is no deal.”

"After suffering the worst defeats in one day for a government in four decades, Andrea Leadsom tells LBC: "I don't think they were embarrassing at all".

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will leave the European Union without a deal in March if lawmakers vote against Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal, Andrea Leadsom, leader of the lower house of parliament told BBC radio on Wednesday.

Lawmakers have attempted to have an increased say over the Brexit process if May’s deal is rejected by parliament, but Leadsom said that the default position if May loses the vote is for a no deal, a potentially disorderly scenario.

“Unless government were to do something completely different to change tack, or indeed to pass this deal, then we will be leaving the EU on 29 March next year without a deal, so it defaults to no deal,” Leadsom said.

Asked if lawmakers have the power to stop a no-deal, Leadsom replied: “I can’t see that they do. I think that the issue is that the default position is no deal.”

"After suffering the worst defeats in one day for a government in four decades, Andrea Leadsom tells LBC: "I don't think they were embarrassing at all".

The worst defeat EVER. Full stop. No other government has been found to be in contempt of Parliament. You would have thought Leadsom might display some humility, but she has been brought up in a party without morals or ethics.